City of Hope board of directors elects new chair
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Glenn D. Steele Jr., MD, PhD, has been elected chair of City of Hope’s board of directors.
Steele joined the board in January 2016, and he previously served as chair of the executive compensation and governance committee.
“City of Hope has benefited from Glenn’s vision, expertise and leadership on our board for a number of years,” Robert Stone, City of Hope’s president and CEO, said in a press release. “His background and accomplishments as an academic physician-scientist have played an important role in propelling our research and innovative patient care.”
Steele serves as chairman of GSteele Health Solutions, which helps health care organizations create value and improve quality. He is former chairman of xG Health Solutions, and former president and CEO of Geisinger Health System.
He previously served as dean of the biological sciences division and Pritzker School of Medicine, as well as vice president for medical affairs at University of Chicago. He also served as professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School.
His work has focused on cell biology of gastrointestinal cancer and pre-cancer, as well as innovations in health care delivery and financing.
Steele — a member of National Academy of Medicine — is past chairman of American Board of Surgery. He serves as vice chair of Health Transformation Alliance and emeritus trustee on Bucknell University’s board of trustees. He serves on the Stanford Board of Fellows and the Peterson Center on Healthcare advisory board, and he is an adviser to the private equity firms General Atlantic and LRVHealth.
“City of Hope is an extraordinary organization at the center of eliminating cancer and diabetes,” Steele said in the release. “I am honored to be elected as board chair.”
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